Meeting Dickens

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Dickensian London

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Objectives

History

To continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
To study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the impact of changes on everyday lives.
To understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

Read aloud so the meaning is clear to an audience.

Lesson Planning

After an introduction to the author, read and perform a a scene from Olive Twist.

Teaching Objectives:

To explore the theme of child poverty in Oliver Twist and what this tells us about poverty in Victorian times.
To read relevant texts; perform a scene, taking parts of characters, narrator etc.

Children will:

Be introduced to the work of Charles Dickens.
Discover the experiences of Victorian children.

Planning

Provided Resources

Extract from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Portrait of Charles Dickens

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Street Child by Berlie Doherty
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Weblinks

8-minute audio book of the first part of Oliver Twist from YouTube.com

Brief introduction to Charles Dickens from bbc.co.uk